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FARM FENCE.

Patented Nov. 22

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WITNESSES mares CHARLES LAUFER AND CHARLES H. ZIMMER, OF LEE CENTRE, NEW YORK.

FARM-FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,778, dated November 22, 1881.

Application filed August 8, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that we, CHARLES LAUFER and OHARLEs H. ZIMMER, both of Lee Centre, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Farm-Fences, of which the following, taken in connection 'with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of fences in which the rails are socured to the posts by wire attached at intervals to the posta'nd havingits intermediate portions passing around the rails and supporting the same.

Our improvements consist in a novel means of securing the rails to the postin such a manner as to bring therails of one panel respectively in line with those of the adjacent panel, and at the same time allow either panel to be removed without disturbing the others, and, if desired, let such panel be taken out bodily with its connecting-wire hanging to it.

The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein Figure l is a front elevation of ourimproved fence; and Fig, 2 a transverse section of same, taken on line at :r.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A A represent two fence-posts, and It R R are the fence-rails, extended from post to post. The rails of the successive panels of the fence are placed on opposite sides of the post and in line with each other, and each panel has its rails secured in position separately and independently of the fastenings of the rails of the adjacent panel by means of a separate wire, a, which is wound completely around the several rails, and hnngat its extremities and intermediately between the rails on pins or spikes c c, inserted in the side of the post facing the end of the rails. Each panel is thus removable without disturbing the adjacent panel.

To facilitate the removal of a panel, or one or more rails thereof, the pins or spikes c are fitted loosely in the post and made without a head on their outer end, so that either the pins may be withdrawn from the post or the wire slipped off from the end of the pins, thus allowing a whole panel to be taken out bodily with the wire hanging to it.

Although the aforesaid pins may be removable from the post,yet,'by their being arranged at right angles to the strain or line of draft of the attaching-wires, they are capable of resist- (No model.)

ing the pressure which is liable to be brought to bear against the fence either by wind or an animal leaning 0r rubbing against it.

\Ve are aware that fence-rails have been connected to the post by means of wires which passed alternately around or over the ends of the rails oftwo adjaceht panels, all of which rails were on one and the same side of the post, and the ends of the rails of one panelwere arranged between the ends of the rails of the adjacent panels. This not only threw the rails out of line, but also varied the height of the fence,so that one end of a panel was either unnecessarily high or the other end thereof too low. Furthermore, the removal of one panel necessitated the loosening of the ends of the two adjacent panels.

We are also aware that fence-rails have been secured to the post by means of strips of iron which passed over the rails and were nailed to the face or front of the post; but such a construction does not afford the requisite stability to the fence, inasmuch as any pressure which may be brought to bear against the fence is liable to draw the nails out of the fence-post, and thus loosen the rails and allow them to drop. Therefore an animal leaning or rubbing against such a fence will easily throw it down, and it is a well-known fact that animals readily discover and take advantage of any weak point in a fence.

It will be observed that our invention obviates all the aforesaid defects, and'is an important 1m provementin the construction of fences.

Having described our improvements, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improved fence herein described, consisting in the combination and arrangement, with the postsA, ofthe rails R, arranged at opposite sides of the post and in line with the rails of the adjacent panel, and secured to the post independently of the attachment of the,

rails of the adjacent panel by a separate wire, a, wound completely around each rail and hung on the pins 0, inserted removably in the side of the post facing the end of the rails, all substantially in the manner specified and shown, for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES LAUFER. CHARLES H. ZIMMER. Witnesses:

ABNER S. WHITE, ANDREW W. DOWNING. 

